Building under construction, "city"--Houston, Texas

1955

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a photograph of a building facade with an industrial scaffold. The image shows a section of a building with a metal scaffold structure against it. A dark part of the building facade is visible, and the word "CITY" is located near the top edge of the structure. The background includes the top of another building's windows under a cloudy sky. The bottom half displays a string of numbers written in black and blue ink. The lighting suggests an overcast day, creating soft shadows and muted tones in the composition.
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Provenance

The artist, New York; gift to NGA, 1990.

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Wikidata ID

Q64164143

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